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A Step Closer to Love CXLIX
What?" Kieran stood in awe as he watched her bend to her knees to catch her breath. " Answer to what?" he asked.She took a deep breath and stood up straight looking him straight in the eyes. " My answer to your question is yes" "Yes?" he asked shocked. If he was being honest he expected her to turn him down but here she was accepting him."Yes," she said as if she was reassuring him. "What made you change your mind?" "Change my mind?" she asked."Yeah, I was definitely sure you were going to turn me down" "Why were you so sure?" she asked him and he pretended to think stroking his chin gently."For starters, you ran away from me last night and this morning you were quick to leave the house so we didn't get to meet each other. I was even going to apologize" he said.She looked at him, his claims were right from all he had said. She did run away and she was tending to reject him even though she claimed she was only thinking about it. In reality, thinking that she might be hurt she
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Kieran stood there watching her walk away. He could not believe that his single act of courage to try had resulted well this way. He had stayed awake all night worrying about what she was going to say and then when he had tried to catch her in the morning to maybe retract what he had said she had been nowhere to be found.Ryder's car came in and Aurora was in the passenger seat. Up until now, Aurora had been avoiding him since their last fall out and he knew he had to speak with her and straighten it out. He wanted to make sure she was not holding onto a piece of hope that would make them end up together. He had never had any interest in her. He had been beside her at first because of Kimberly and after she brutally left his life Ryder was like the glue that bonded the two of them together. Otherwise, he had never thought of anything higher than friendships between them. Since he was with Arabella now he knew he had to straighten everything out. He was going to stand his ground and
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Kieran watched Aurora get down, he gave her a little time so she could get to the office before he got down from the car and walked into the office. As he walked through the office he could not get his off Arabella as he walked to his office. "This is kind of weird but Kieran keeps staring at you" Chole whispered into Arabella's ears."Uhh?" Arabella asked her eyes going up to see Kieran staring so blantly at her. She bent down so her eyes did not make contact with his. "What's that about?" Chole continued in a whisper."What's what about?" Arabella asked keeping her eyes down. "I don't know it's weird, why is he staring at you so very loving?" she asked not giving up. She had to know why her boss was staring at a worker that way."What do you mean lovingly? I am sure you are mistaken" Arabella said dismissively. She wondered why Kieran did that, it was like he was begging to be caught by everyone there. She did not want anyone to know that she was in a romantic relationship with
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Kieran could not wait for the day to be over. He knew that today was going to be his first date with Arabella and he could barely sit still. He glanced at the click multiple times and could barely get any work done.He had wished to have lunch with her but could not because he had an important lunch with their investors and had to go out to eat without her. She had made it clear that she did not want to let others in the office that they were dating so there was no way he would have asked her to lunch without seeming suspicious to everyone around.'Do you want to have dinner together?' he typed to his phone and looked up to see her reaction when she read the message. Arabella glanced at the message and dropped the phone to the table without sending a response. Her lips were in a straight line as she continued working on whatever it was that she did.'Do you want me to pick you up? I will wait in the parking lot till everyone has gone.' he typed again and waited for a response. The sa
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Arabella waited a minute before she saw Kieran coming towards her. He opened the car and she got in and locked the door before he could do it for her. "You are angry, Why?" he asked as he closed his door. "It's nothing," she said sulking. She had thought it over and the reason she was angry at him was not viable enough."What is it?" he asked turning to her. He hated how he felt since she was sulking. He felt like he had done a lot of trouble and it was only his first day of dating her."It's nothing, let's just go" she said giving him a forced smile."How can we just go? We would not have a good time if we just went and I would be uneasy thinking about what I did wrong" he said tapping the steering wheel gently. "We are not leaving this place until I hear the reason you are angry with me""Is it because I discussed it with Aurora without first asking you?" he asked trying to run down the activities of the day in his head to see what wrong he might have done. "No" "I don't want yo
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"Do you have anywhere in mind?" Kieran asked Arabella as they drove out. Now that she was no longer sulking she was radiating happiness with the smile on her face. "I know nowhere in this city" she said shaking her head. "Anywhere would be just fine" "Okay then I would pick it," he said tapping into the GPS and then allowing it to lead them. "Want some music?" he asked when the silence became too much."We could talk instead.." she trailed off."About what?" she shook her head for lack of ideas."I want to talk with you but I don't want it to be forced" he said and it made sense to her. She would also prefer it if all the conversations they had were not born out of the need to talk but because they wanted to share with each other."Music it is then," Arabella said."Connect your phone then" Kieran said setting it up for her as he tried to keep his eyes on the road."Eyes on the road, I can do that" she said tapping his hands away. She connected successfully before she began to shuff
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"We are home" Kieran announced the obvious. Arabella looked around if she was honest she did not want to leave the car but they had to. Ethan was probably wondering where they were since Everly was not home yet.Arabella made a mental note to call Everly since she would just be getting to her destination. She had not bothered reaching out to her since she knew that there would be no way the call would go through."See you tomorrow?" Arabella let out with a forced voice her hands on the handle ready to get out of the car. She had no idea what to do so she was just going to awkwardly get out of the car. "Is that it?" Kieran asked holding her hand before she could flee."Is there anything else?" she asked picking each word gently."I don't know" Kieran's voice became low and his hands gently lifted from against her skin. The warmth his hands brought was now lost."If you don't know then we will see each other tomorrow morning" "You would be going with me right?" he asked. "Of course"
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Everly chatted a bit with her son before she cut off the call. She was with Ava when both calls came in. "Both kids sounded so happy today, I wonder if something good happened" Ava commented. Everly was glad that she was not the only one who caught that. "I see you noticed as well" Everly said and Ava nodded."I hope Arabella hasn't been that much of a trouble. I know how stressful of a child she is" Ava asked."Of course not, she has been an absolute darling," Everly said. She contemplated whether to tell Ava of her suspicions as to why their kids were happy. When she spoke with Arabella she had a glistening look in her eyes as she spoke about Kieran. It was one that Everly knew too well, she saw it in herself when she was younger and madly in love with Ethan. When everything was rosy and beautiful it seemed like love could conquer it all. "That look says a lot so spill" Ava said when she noticed that Everly had abandoned her tea and resulted in stroking her chin so fondly."You
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